Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Armenian
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2430
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1725
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Zdravo
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Hvala
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Kako si?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Laku noc
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Dobar dan
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Dobro jutro
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
molim vas
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Oprostite
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Zbogom
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Volim te
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Greece
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
2,800.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Italy
Croatia
How Many People Speak
50,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Croatia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
256
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million3.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
13.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
bosniaque
German Name
Neugriechisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Bosniaks
Origin
1500 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Bosnian
Language Position
7424
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
bos
ISO 639 2/B
gre
bos
ISO 639 3
ell
bos
ISO 639 6
ells
boss
Glottocode
gree1276
bosn1245
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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